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Tuesday, December 14th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Looking at what the water level is 2311ft elevation, I have launched from trinity center when its quite a bit lower so you should be fine...please post on how you do...good luck
    City: medford

    Tips: I would try the straight up and down rock ledge shores on the main lake

Saturday, December 11th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Not many posts on Trinity. Is anyone looking at this site for Trinity? Looking some winter bass fishman willing to share info. Does anyone know if you can launch at Trinity Center? Going on 12/21 and would like to launch at the north end.
    City: Weaverville

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 49.4

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Went looking for some winter bass and couldn't find them. Fished the South end of Trinity in 20-50 ft. off points and along creek channels. Overcast conditions with little to no wind and/or rain. Prior trips in Nov. and Oct. yielded a lot of trout on rip baited and crank baits. This trio I drew a blank. Anyone with some tips on Trinity winter bass?
    City: Weaverville

Sunday, October 17th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 65

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Rolfy and I Fished Trinity from 14th to the 17th for smallmouth and largemouth Eddy and his group fished for Trout
    Trout fishing is killer right now they bank fished for lots of nice ones.
    Bass fishing was slow..but we don't fishing this body of water that often...second time in 40 yrs.
    We fished out of Trinity Center and just hung around that area.While the Bass fishing was slow we caught alot of Trout using bass lures.
    Most of the Bass were hanging from 25 to 40ft most of the day we dropshoted those fish they ranged from 1 to 2lbs with the Smallies being the larger fish.
    We did manage to get out early Sat with some cloud cover I tried a Spook and stuck a 7+ largemouth in 50ft of water on a point it made that trip worth While!
    Good luck be safe
    City: Woodpile

Friday, July 30th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 79-80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished friday night 8pm to about 4am, did pretty well with zara and xrap, after dark spinnerbait bite was excellent also brush hog was decent.. no real big fish, best was a 3lb largemouth and a 3lb smallmouth. Saturday fished from 10am til after dark, zara did well as well as drop shot, not as good as two weeks ago but still fun.

    Tips: spinnerbaits at night

Friday, July 16th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 78 to 82

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished friday thru saturday night, first fish was a 4lb smallmouth on the swimbait...then a 2lb largemouth on swimbait, got a few more smallmouth but nothing real big, only a couple fish after dark one 3.5 largemouth on the brushhog but it was real slow. saturday was a little slow in the morning as I lost my favorite swimbait but once the breeze picked up so did the fishing, caught a bunch of smallmouth on the drop shot with aarons magic, nothing real big but lots of fun 1 to 2 lbrs that fought like crazy. Saturday evening I lost two real big ones on two consecutive casts with an xrap on a submerged rock pile I found that afternoon and went back to...great trip, cant wait to go back.
    City: medford

    Tips: drop shot worked well also the osprey 5" swimbait and xrap in the evening, was surprised that the zara didnt work to well for me.

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: heading up to triniy for the first time anyone have advice on patterns, where the fish r and what they r doing? going this upcoming week. thanks
    City: castro valley

Monday, June 7th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: is the concrete ramp at trinity center in the water yet?
    City: redding

Sunday, June 6th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Papoose is holding lots of big fish off walls. Drop shot or darter slow!!!
    City: Red Bluff

    Tips: Cast it out and let it sit. When you think you've let it sit long enough, wait longer.

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 56-60

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: To answer the question in the previous post about the ramp at Fairview, by the dam, I was there Saturday the 5th and there is only about 3ft. of concrete in the water and the end of the ramp drops off vertically about 16 inches, so it's not usable yet. The lake is rising at the rate of about a foot per day, so it shouldn't be long before it is usable, especially if the weather stays warm and the snow continues to melt. For now suggest that you use the Minersville ramp. Slow day for me with lots of small fish, but nothing bigger than 2lbs. caught most of them on tubes.
    City: Palo Cedro, Ca.

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

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    Water Temp: 55-60

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished up there 18th 19th and 20th rained pretty much the whole time with wind haven't ever fished there before and Rolfy and managed to catch a few..still largemouth and the smallmouth are full of eggs. Caught them up 3lbs both largemouth and smallmouth on dropshots and cranking on mainbody points creek channels and up on the rock piles in the northend of the lake at Trinity center. fish were all hanging from 16 ft on points to 4ft in the coves.
    good luck be safe
    City: woodpile

    Tips: the seemed to really go for Red in color of whatever we were tossing

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

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    Water Temp: 48-58

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: Fished north end Friday and found the water to be 48 degrees at 1030 and warming to 58 by 1500. Saw small, 1-1.5 lb small and largemouth bass in shallow water. Caught two, 1.5 lbs ea. on firetiger crankbait. Saw several others caught, about same size. Plastics didn't produce for me. Spawners are not on the beds yet but will be soon if the water stays warm. G'luck
    City: Trinity Center

    Tips: No ramps in water. Launch at Minersville or Trinity Center. VERY LIMITED parking at Trinity Center temp ramp.

Friday, January 29th, 2010

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    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Can anyone in the area provide a fishing report and ramp conditions. Is anyone fishing the North Trinity area?
    City: Granite Bay Ca

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

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    Water Temp: ?

    Water Clarity: Muddy (0-2 foot visibility)

    Report: Hey guys, I'm still alive and well. Been going through a big life change, and haven't fished much at all for the past few months. Gonna go tomorrow for a while. If it's worth talking about, I'll let you know.

    Tips: The only ramp in play is Minersville and maybe Trinity Alps, but I'd call ahead.
    Happy Thanksgiving to you all!!grainger

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 74

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Lake is down more than 100 ft from full and dropping about 4" per day the three days I was there. With all the cruisers and jet skis the water is muddied up and fishing is tough. Mud line develops as early as 10am when the skiers hit the lake. Found a few fish near steep banks using dark colored plastics. Everything is out of the water including the rock plies up at the north end.
    City: Walnut Creek

    Tips: Go to Shasta instead. Trinity is only at 45% of capacity and still falling.

Friday, July 17th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 80

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: fished the weekend, did our best late morning to early afternoon, boated mostly all largemouth a 4.5, 5 and a 6lb and several 2.5 all between 11:00 til 2:00 using plastics and the 5lbr was on top. also got a 4.5 smallie at night and me an my buddy lost 2 fish at same spot that were pigs
    City: medford

    Tips: fish the early afternoon, temps were in the 100's and i cant believe we were catching fish at that time of day

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

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    Water Temp: 67-73

    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: fishing was great caught lots of 3-5 pounders in 20-40 feet of water
    City: cottonwood,ca

    Tips: plastic tubes and 4-5 inch swimbaits fish the plastics slow and deep

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

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    Water Temp: unknown

    Water Clarity: Clear (4+ foot visibility)

    Report: What ever happened to the Maine guide on here he used to tell what the lake was like but now nothing, Can anyone tell me what it is supposed to be like here in a couple of weeks.
    City: Redding

Saturday, May 30th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Fished May 29th and 30th. Found good action in the north end using Maverick BH Minnows and Skinny Dippers, anything with blue and silver or both.
    City: Eureka

    Tips: Keep everything on the bottom and move slowly

Monday, May 18th, 2009

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    Water Clarity: Stained (2-4 foot visibility)

    Report: Lots of fish on beds, and up shallow. normal spring patterns worms, senkos,jigs,tubes. I got the bigger bites on a crawfish crankbait fished right on the bottom, fish were aggressive and just crushing it. I also started fishing shoreline timber and stuck a few on main lake points. if you want the big dogs throw the swimbait,anything that looks like a kokanee salmon,they love em good luck. trinity alps was a shady ramp out way on the point check out minersville or trinity center.
    City: eureka,ca